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"Dutch far-right politician Thierry Baudet is standing down as leader of his own Forum for Democracy party after a long-running row over racism and anti-Semitism came to a head Monday evening." https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-far-right-mp-thierry-baudet-resigns-over-racism-row/
"Baudet quit as campaign leader following a major split in the party over the approach to tackling homophobic and anti-semitic sentiment within the youth wing. Baudet wanted to wait for the results of an internal inquiry". https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/baudet-quits-as-forum-chairman-youth-wing-leader-is-off-mps-list/
FvD politician Annabel Nanninga, who holds a seat in the Senate of the Netherlands and a seat in Amsterdam's city council, demands Baudet's complete removal/resignation from the party's leadership as well as the candidate list for the 2021 elections. https://nos.nl/l/2357956
"The collapse of far right party Forum voor Democratie continued on Tuesday evening (...) with the immediate resignation of senator (...) Paul Cliteur, and the publication of a damning denouncement of party founder Thierry Baudet by (...) Annabel Nanninga." https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/one-senator-quits-another-tears-into-baudet-as-forum-collapse-continues/
The saga continues: today Baudet used his possession of the party's twitter account to call for a party leadership election w/ himself as candidate, but FvD board members responded by saying he has been removed from the board. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/baudet-expelled-from-fvd-board-for-calling-unauthorised-leadership-contest/
Apparently it turns out they can't expel him from the board so easily, so they're now instead trying to expel him from the party itself. Baudet claims the other board members have changed the locks to the party office to lock him outside. https://nos.nl/artikel/2358034-chaos-bij-forum-baudet-zet-leiderschapsverkiezing-door-meerderheid-bestuur-wil-hem-royeren.html
It gets better: Baudet doesn't just happen to be in possession of the party's twitter account; a fellow board member alleges he actively "threw her off the account". https://twitter.com/YPotjer/status/1331614641382977540
FvD states-provincials (local politicians at the provincial level) in Drente choose to side with the national board. https://www.dvhn.nl/drenthe/Drentse-FvDers-steunen-landelijk-partijbestuur-hoewel-eentje-Thierry-nog-steeds-bewondert-26233256.html
The FvD faction to the European Parliament has released a statement in which they state they've chosen to side with the party's national board in this apparent intra-party power struggle. https://twitter.com/djeppink/status/1331695954366500866
The three FvD city council members in Amsterdam also side with the board: Baudet must go. One of them says Baudet had already seized control of the party's social media accounts on Sunday. https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/205826/fvd-amsterdam-tegen-baudet-hou-de-eer-aan-jezelf
According to fellow party members, Baudet made a number of especially unhinged (and antisemitic) remarks during heated moments at a dinner last Friday.
Musical disagreements also played a role, apparently. https://twitter.com/mattsteinglass/status/1331904178847887360
Musical disagreements also played a role, apparently. https://twitter.com/mattsteinglass/status/1331904178847887360
Baudet gets emotional as he is confronted with the words from FvD'er Eva Vlaardingerbroek. He reveals he had a relationship with her in 2017.
Peculiar detail: she was 21 back then, while he was a 34 y/o political party leader. https://twitter.com/AlexanderNL/status/1331877581520576513
Peculiar detail: she was 21 back then, while he was a 34 y/o political party leader. https://twitter.com/AlexanderNL/status/1331877581520576513
Short summary of things Baudet has said during the party dinner, according to Nicki Pouw-Verweij (#3 on candidate list for general elections).
Both Eva Vlaardingerbroek (#5) and Joost Eerdmans (#4) have stated that Pouw-Verweij's account is truthful. https://twitter.com/SLdeLange/status/1331922312313102341
Both Eva Vlaardingerbroek (#5) and Joost Eerdmans (#4) have stated that Pouw-Verweij's account is truthful. https://twitter.com/SLdeLange/status/1331922312313102341
